Quote Originally Posted by Stevethegreat View Post
Does a 15% performance update justifies upping the generation's number by a single digit

Either the evolution of GPU performance has *really* slowed lately, or we're dealing with fraud here (not a first for nVidia, I'm sure).
How come they can get away with it? Computer Hardware is a multi-billion industry, such tricks can make great difference (the card's real name is GTX 485)
unfortunately or fortunately, it is hard to find laws to persecute a company with bad product names

I think the 580 name is a stretch by convention, but not illegal or angry bad